Deeply unpopular Peruvian president calls for general elections in April 2026
She said the upcoming elections will be 'democratic, clean, transparent and orderly.'
Boluarte has a 93% disapproval rating, according to a national poll conducted by Datum Internacional in March. Her term ends on July 28, 2026.
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Last week, Peru's Congress voted to remove the interior minister from office after deciding that he had failed to adequately handle rising violent crime in the Andean country.
Public outrage has surged over an increase in killings and other violence, especially the recent killing of Paul Flores, the 39-year-old lead singer of the cumbia band Armonia 10. He was fatally shot when assailants attacked his band's tour bus after a concert in Lima.
In reaction to the Flores killing, Boluarte on March 19 declared a state of emergency in the capital and ordered the deployment of soldiers to help police address the surge of violence. That same day, opposition lawmakers requested a vote of no confidence against the interior minister.
Boluarte's government previously had decreed a state of emergency from September to December in an attempt to stem the violence.
Authorities reported 2,057 killings in 2024, up from 1,506 in 2023.
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